Sali Herman (1898 - 1993)

IN THE TRAIN, 1953

Also known as: 'Two sleeping figures'

oil on canvas

38.0 x 48.5 cm

signed and dated lower right: S Herman 53 

Sir Ross Grey-Smith and Lady Smith, Melbourne, by 1962
Pro Hart, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Deutscher~Menzies, Sydney, 15 March 2006, lot 12A
Reg Grundy AC OBE and Joy Chambers-Grundy, Australia and Bermuda, acquired in 2006
The Grundy Collection, Bonhams, Sydney, 26 June 2013, lot 50
Private collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above

Sali Herman, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, 11-23 August 1954, cat. 11
Sali Herman, Argus Gallery, Melbourne, 19 September – 6 October 1961 (as ‘Sleeping Soldiers’)

Cook, J., ‘Solidity, within 2 shows‘, Daily Telegraph, Sydney, 11 August 1954, p. 15
Thomas, D., Sali Herman, Australian Art Monographs, Georgian House, Melbourne, 1962, pl. 30 (illus.), p.16
Hetherington, J., Australian painters: forty profiles, F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1963, p. 74 (illus.)